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Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice
Bibliography: pages 163-179.
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| author | Barnett, Mandy |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17557 Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice Barnett, Mandy Telford, Steven Nicolson, Sue W Brown, Alec C Zoology Bibliography: pages 163-179. Spirostreptida millipedes comprise three families, the Harpagophoridae, Spirostreptidae and Odontopygidae. They are polygynandrous. Males transfer sperm via species-specific accessory genitalia called gonopods, that comprise three components, two of which, the emote and telopodite, are involved in processes of sperm transfer. The emotes function to translocate ejaculates from the penes to the vulvae, where they are stored. A delay between insemination and fertilisation provides an arena for syn- and postcopulatory sexual competition. These operate at the gametic level via sperm competition and cryptic female choice. By combining studies of genital form and function with single and double mating experiments, this study elucidates these processes in some southern African Spirostreptida millipedes. 2016-03-07T06:56:23Z 2016-03-07T06:56:23Z 1997 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17557 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Barnett, Mandy Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| title_full | Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| title_fullStr | Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| title_short | Sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes : mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| title_sort | sex in southern african spirostreptida millipedes mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17557 |
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